Law 14 - The Penalty kick 4/28/2018

Scott McDowell of Portland, OR United States asks...

In KFTPM, should the kicker be cautioned if they touch the ball a second time or kick the ball backwards? Not so in a normal penalty kick, but I'm trying to parse the wording in law 10 where it says: 'The kick is completed when the ball stops mo...

Law 14 - The Penalty kick 4/24/2018

Enrique86 of Red Deer, Canada asks...

Law 14 - The Penalty kick 4/22/2018

Gareth cope of York , Yorkshire England asks...

When a penalty is awarded in normal play where can the opposition players stand . Clearly it has to be outside the penalty box and all players on both teams seem to stand at the back of the box close to the D.

Glyn of Carlisle , Cumbria England asks...

Law 14 - The Penalty kick 3/30/2018

Fidel Jaary of Auckland, Auckland New Zealand asks...

Hi There,

Team had been awarded a penalty, kicker stepped in to kick the ball from the penalty spot, i was AR1 standing on the penalty area, the keeper was moving side ways and suddenly before the kick was taken he took few steps forward, th...

Law 14 - The Penalty kick 3/3/2018

Chuck Love of syracuse, new york usa asks...

Thx to all who replied thoughtfully to my earlier query. However those answers only frustrated me more. I understand letting very marginal calls go, yet many aren't marginal at all but gross violations, easily seen. So why is there such a seemingly c...

Law 14 - The Penalty kick 3/1/2018

Dan S of Minneapolis , MN USA asks...

Watching the recent game between Tottenham Hotspurs and Rochdale- Tottenham were awarded a PK after VAR confirmed a trip started outside the PA but continued inside. The striker taking the PK stopped his run up and then took another 2 paces and score...

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